Ask a Homeopath a Question…
29 May, 09 | by Iain Brassington
The Guardian has a feature in its “Ethical Living” feature called “You Ask, They Answer”. This provides a forum in which readers can put questions to firms, people and so on. This week, the subject was Neal’s Yard Remedies, purveyor of… um… “remedies” to the kind of people who go in for aromatherapy and homeopathy and the belief that natural is best because there are no CHEMICALS in nature.
The grilling supplied by readers is impressive and heartening. A lot of it is along the lines of “Why do you sell pointless crap and, in doing so, undermine the scientific method, spout bullshit, and potentially put people’s health in danger?” (I’m simplifying a bit, but the gist’s about right.)
NYR’s response is… well, it isn’t. They don’t seem to want to play any more, and won’t be answering. Or maybe the answers have been provided but, in the best tradition of homeopathy, not in any detectable way.
Homeopathy is an accepted scope of medicine specially for the chronic diseases.it works slowly but effectively through the illness.
Nurse Triage
May 29th, 2009 at 8:06 pm
Nurse -
We get a lot of comments on this site from Callcarenet (which, for the benefit of other readers, is whither “Nurse Triage”’s name links), and most of them are spam so get deleted. However, I’ve let this one through because - for once - it relates to the post to which it replies.
All I’d ask, though, is that you provide some evidence. You know - proper, peer-reviewed stuff.
Iain Brassington
May 30th, 2009 at 8:36 am
Homeopathic medicines are usually much cheaper than comparable allopathic and ayurvedic drugs.
Kimpol
June 2nd, 2009 at 10:54 am
I’ve allowed this comment through because I like a laugh.
I deleted your link to an advert, though.
Iain Brassington
June 2nd, 2009 at 11:20 am